Propaganda Poetry

L/O: Starting to plan for the poetry comparison assessment.

• The Soldier• The Soldier video

• The Soldier• If I should die, think only this of me:

That there's some corner of a foreign fieldThat is for ever England. There shall beIn that rich earth a richer dust concealed;A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,A body of England's, breathing English air,Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

• And think, this heart, all evil shed away,A pulse in the eternal mind, no lessGives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,In hearts at peace, under an English heaven

• Rupert Brooke

Key word:

• Sonnet: A poem with 14 lines divided into two verses. Sonnets are typically used as love poems.

• What is the object of Brooke’s affection?

• Rupert Brooke: (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915). He did not live long enough for his feelings towards the war to turn bitter.

The Soldier (Context and subject)

• A sonnet exploring the feelings of patriotism. The Soldier was written to praise the men who went to war to save and defend such a great country: ‘There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed’

• The sonnet continues to praise England and to say that it is worth fighting for so that England will continue to thrive.

What feelings would the poem create in the soldiers’ hearts.

• Explain in one paragraph using at least one quote from the poem.

• The poem is propaganda. What image does it present about war and dying. Explain with reference to the poem.

• Read through the poem and write down examples of:

• Alliteration (Words beginning with the same sound)

• Personification (Giving an object human characteristics)

• Metaphors: (Saying that something is something else)

• Repetition: (Repeating a word or phrase to make a point)